Literally - definition, pronunciation, transcription

The name of the cheese is Dolcelatte, literally meaning 'sweet milk'.

I said I felt like quitting, but I didn't mean it literally (=I did not mean exactly what I said)!

The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people.

Dad was literally blazing with anger.

Many words can be used both literally and figuratively.

He took her comments literally.

He's a sailor who knows his ropes, literally and figuratively.

The term “Mardi Gras” literally means “Fat Tuesday” in French.

The story he told was basically true, even if it wasn't literally true.

I literally spend all my money on records.

I was literally dying to mention it.

...only a real blockhead would think that she had literally said it a million times...

...the aboriginal peoples of northern Alaska are known as Inupiats, which in their language literally means “real people”...

The phrase “know your ropes” means literally “to know a lot about ropes,” while its figurative meaning is “to know a lot about how to do something.”

...it's a common maxim that “a watched pot never boils,” but that's not literally true...